Wrench attachment for combination-tools



No. 626,285. Patented June 6, I899.

A. METZGEB. WRENCH ATTACHMENT FOR COMBINATION TOOLS.

(Application filed July 30, 1898.)

(No ModaI.)

UNrrn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED METZGER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WRENCH ATTACHMENT FOR COMBINATION-TOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,28 5, dated June 6, 1899.

Application filed July 80, 1898. Serial No. 687.272. (No model.)

To (all 1072,0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED METZGER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in \Vrench Attachments for Combination-Tools, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvementin a combination-tool; and it consists of two stocks having pivoted handles carrying the same, the inner end of each stock having a recessed face, a jaw having a gripping-face opposite to the recessed face of the other stock, a threaded stein connected with said jaw, and an operating-head on said stem, one of said stocks having openings therein for said jaw, stem, and head and said jaw having its sides, top, and bottom incased by the adjacent walls, said stock and jaw thus producing a wrench attachment for a combination-tool of great strength, practicability, and convenience.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a wrench attachment for a combination-tool embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a partial section on line a: :13, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line y 3 Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the different sections or members of the tool in separated position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a combination-tool, the same consisting of the sections or handles 13 and C, the lower end of the section B being provided with the tack or nail extractor 1), while the section or men1- ber G is provided with the screw-driver E.

F designates the pivotal connection of the two sections, the extremity of the section 0 nearest its fulcrum or pivotal connection being provided with the hatchet-head G, while the section B is provided with the hammerhead H.

J designates a dian1ond-shaped opening in the juxtaposed faces or stocks of the portions G and H, which are formed by the walls K and L, which are located in the portion G, and the walls M and N, which are located in the portion II, the abutting edges P of said walls K and M being adapted to serve as wire cutters or nippers. Q designates a recess in the portion orhead H, in which the jaw R is movably mounted, said jaw being provided with the serrated or roughened face S.

By locating the major portion of the movable jaw in its recess it will be apparent that the same is secured in a solid and rigid manner, and by causing said jaw to be moved in substantial alinement with the hammer and hatchet portion or at substantially a right angle to the handle members greater effectiveness is attained, as is evident. Furthermore, the recess Q extends from the angular or depressed face or walls K L of the opening I J into the solid portion of the stock, in the longitudinal direction of the same, so that said jaw, excepting its outer serrated face S and immediate front portion, is inclosed by the top, bottom, opposite side, and rear walls bf said recess, so that when the jaw is in service the side, top, and bottom walls of said recess act as braces to receive some of the strain imparted to the jaw and prevent the latter from breaking out of the recess, while, on the contrary,strengthenin g said jaw, owing to the sheath and brace afforded to the same by the walls in question. The rear wall of the recess incloses the back of the jaw and prevents the entrance of dirt thereto, and the body of the recess is in the main so inclosed and concealed that the fingers of the hand are prevented from entering the joint between said jaw and the several walls of the recess and being caught or pinched therein.

T designates a threaded stem engaging a threaded seat in the jaw 'S and rotatably mounted in the head H, said stem having a head U, which projects through the head H and is preferably milled or knurled, whereby it will be readily apparent that the jaw R can be readily adjusted according to requirements.

The walls of the recesses V and TV constitute a wire-cutter, while that of the recess X and the edge Z constitute nippers.

The jaw R can be readily adjusted according to requirements by the manipulation of the milled head U, which latter and the stem T maybe inserted in position in anysuitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

j 1. In a combination-tool, a pair of handles pivoted together and having separate stocks on the upper ends thereof, the inner portions of said stocks having depressed faces therein, one of said stocks having a recess extending into the same from the face thereof in the longitudinal direction of the stock, in combination with a jaw freely occupying said recess, and movable in the longitudinal direction of the stock, a stem fitted in a threaded seat in said stock and connected with said jaw and an operating-head on said stem appearing at the side of said stock, said jaw excepting its face portion being inclosed and concealed by the top, bottom, opposite side and rear walls of said recess, and braced by said top; bottom and opposite side walls.

2. In acombination-tool, two stocks, pivotally-connected handles carrying the same, the inner end of each stock having a recessed face, in combination with a jaw having a gripping-face opposite to the recessed face of the other stock, a screw-threaded stem connected with said jaw, and a rotary screwthreaded head on said stem, one of the stocks having openings therein for said jaw, stem and head, and said jaw having its sides, top and bottom inclosed by the Walls of the opening it occupies.

ALFRED METZGER.

Witnesses: 1

E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM. 

